Cricket South Africa has announced that the BCCI remains committed to tour South Africa in August and that the domestic season will possibly start in January.

Cricket South Africa held a Tele-presser on the impact COVID-19 has had on cricket in the country and the strategy CSA has to deal with the situation.

Dr. Faul emphasized that CSA and the BCCI remain committed to go ahead with the planned three-T20Is series to be played in South Africa towards the end of August.

“India wants to honour its agreement. If it’s postponed, maybe a bit later,” Jacques Faul, CSA’s acting chief executive, told a virtual media briefing on Thursday.

CSA has also been in communication with the West Indies Cricket Board in an effort to reschedule the postponed Proteas tour to the Caribbean.

“We’ve spoken to the West Indies Cricket Board too regarding tour programmes. We’re also working with them to try and find an opportunity post their tour to England to fit that series in, whether it’s at a neutral ground, in SA or the Caribbean,” said Graeme Smith.

“We’ll have to see what restrictions on international travel is. From my perspective, having engaged with various stakeholders, leadership in our game is going to be crucial. We’re keen to play as quickly as possible. We pride ourselves on being a socially distanced sport.” he added.

CSA Chief medical officer, Dr Shuaib Manjra, mentioned the plans that CSA will put in place when cricket resumes in the country from a medical point of view.

CSA plans to have what is called a “Bio-Bubble” which will be an environment that will stretch as far as players to members of the media. It will be a very controlled environment to try mitigate infections.

The Proteas will have a six-week strength and conditioning program before resuming playing cricket again to avoid injuries to players who haven’t played cricket for two months now.

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